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Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency

History

The White Mountain Reservation was established in 1872, with the northern part under the Camp Apache Agency and the southern part under the San Carlos Agency. The latter took control of both divisions in 1875, but in 1897, the reservation was divided and the Fort Apache Agency was established for the White Mountain Apaches.[1]

Records

Some of the agency records are in the Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Laguna Niguel, California[2]. Their holdings include census records, Indian police records, court records, and other records for 1875 through 1952.Some later fiscal records of the agency are in the Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Denver, for the years 1946 through 1967.

The 1900 federal census included population schedules for the Fort Apache Reservation. The census includes the non-Indian employees of the Fort Apache Agency, as well as many pages of Indian Population Schedules for the native population of the Reservation. They are recorded as District 77, Fort Apache Indian Reservation, in Apache County, Arizona, as District 77, Fort Apache Indian Reservation, in Gila County, Arizona, and as District 77, Fort Apache Reservation, in Navajo County, Arizona.

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1898 thru 1939. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 118 thru 125[5]. Copies of these records are also available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the Family History Library and its family history centers (their microfilm numbers 576473-576480). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.

Records Available Through the Family History Library

Census Records 1904-1942. FHL film: 1249787 items 3-16

School Records, 1937, 1950-1951. FHL film: 1249787 items 1-2

References

↑ Hill, Edward E. (comp.). Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981, p. 158.

↑ Guide to Federal Records, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. Available online.

American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.

Hill, Edward E. (comp.). Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981.